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Tin(II) chloride, anhydrous, 99% min
Description
Tin(II) chloride is widely used as a reducing agent in organic synthesis, for example conversion of quinones into hydroquinones, nitroaromatics into aromatic amines, and in Stephen reduction. It acts as an antisludging agent and a stabilizer. It can be used to reduce certain metal salts into metals, tin plating and in analytical chemistry to test mercury ions. It is also used as a mordant in textile dyeing and as a catalyst in the production of polylactic acid. It is used as a food additive, wherein it serves as an anti-oxidant and a color retention agent. It can be used in the condensation of aryl aldehydes with cyclohexan-1,3-diones to synthesize xanthenes. It catalyzes direct conversion of aldehydes into beta-keto esters.
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Specifications
Specifications
| Boiling Point | 652°C |
| Melting Point | 247°C |
| Physical Form | Crystalline |
| Quantity | 1 kg |
| Assay Percent Range | 99% min |
| Solubility Information | Soluble in water,alkalies,alcohol,methy lethyl ketone,methyl acetate,and acetone. |
| IUPAC Name | λ²-tin(2+) dichloride |
| Formula Weight | 189.62 |
| Sensitivity | Air sensitive; Hygroscopic |
| Density | 3.95 |
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